Tickets on Sale Friday for CONCACAF Women's Championship at Sporting Park
August 25, 2014 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Sporting Kansas City News Release
Tickets for first-round games at Sporting Park during the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship, the tournament that will directly qualify three teams to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. CT on Friday, Aug. 29. Due to the expected high demand, purchases are limited to series tickets only. A series ticket includes all four games played at the venue.
Fans can purchase series tickets for the Oct. 15-16 games at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas, through ussoccer.com, by phone at 1-800-745-3000 and at all Ticketmaster ticket centers in the Kansas City area. Please note: tickets will not be sold at the Sporting Park ticket office.
Sporting Park, home to Major League Soccer's Sporting Kansas City, hosts doubleheader events on consecutive days. Four sides from Group A (including the USA in the featured game) open the competition Oct. 15, followed by the four Group B squads each playing their first match Oct. 16. The draw to determine the exact match-ups will be held Sept. 5 in Miami.
The following eight countries are competing in the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship: the United States and Mexico from North America, Guatemala and Costa Rica from Central America, and four countries from the Caribbean in Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique and Trinidad & Tobago. The tournament's top three teams will directly qualify for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup from June 6-July 5 in Canada, while the fourth-place team enters a playoff with a team from South America for the final World Cup slot.
Ranked No. 1 in the world, the U.S. Women's National Team returns to the Kansas City area for the sixth time and will play a second international match at state-of-the-art Sporting Park. In 2011, the U.S. WNT played their first match following the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup at Sporting Park in a 1-1 draw against Canada.
Kansas City, Kansas will host a senior U.S. National Team for the fifth time since Sporting Park opened in June 2011 -- more than any other city in the country over that period. The $200+ million, award-winning venue is also the only stadium to host the U.S. Men's or Women's National Team in each of the last four years.
U.S. Women's National Team in Kansas City:
October 7, 1999 - U.S. Women's National Team defeats Finland 6-0 at Arrowhead Stadium in Nike U.S. Women's Cup 1999 doubleheader August 20, 2000 - U.S. Women's National Team draws Canada 1-1 at Arrowhead Stadium in Nike Road to Glory for 2000 Summer Olympics October 22, 2003 - U.S. Women's National Team draws Italy 2-2 at Arrowhead Stadium in international friendly October 16, 2004 - U.S. Women's National Team defeats Mexico 1-0 at Arrowhead Stadium in international friendly September 17, 2011 - U.S. Women's National Team draws Canada 1-1 at Sporting Park in international friendly October 15, 2014 - U.S. Women's National Team at Sporting Park in 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship
U.S. National Teams in Kansas City:
Nov. 2, 1968: U.S. MNT vs. Bermuda (6-2 W at Municipal Stadium)* Oct. 7, 1999: U.S. WNT vs Finland (6-0 W at Arrowhead Stadium) Aug. 20, 2000: U.S. WNT vs Canada (1-1 T at Arrowhead Stadium) April 25, 2001: U.S. MNT vs Costa Rica (1-0 W at Arrowhead Stadium)* Oct. 22, 2003: U.S. WNT vs Italy (2-2 T at Arrowhead Stadium) Oct. 16, 2004: U.S. WNT vs Mexico (1-0 W at Arrowhead Stadium) June 14, 2011: U.S. MNT vs. Guadeloupe (1-0 W at Sporting Park) Sept. 17, 2011: U.S. WNT vs Canada (1-1 T at Sporting Park) Oct. 16, 2012: U.S. MNT vs. Guatemala (3-1 W at Sporting Park)* Oct. 11, 2013: U.S. MNT vs. Jamaica (2-0 W at Sporting Park)* Oct. 15, 2014: U.S. WNT vs. TBD (at Sporting Park)*
*World Cup qualifier
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